The coconut tree (Cocos Nucifera) grows especially in the beaches or or any place near the sea. They contain water that hydrates the body especially in hot climates. It has full properties that benefit health. Minerals, antioxidants, vitamins and curatives properties in its oils. Coconut oil has been proved to help in the alzheimer condition of old people.

You can use the kindness of this nut to reduce the high pressure because it contains potassium, selenium and zinc. It contains vitamins from the B group like B1 and B3 which are good to reduce the cholesterol. You can benefit of this fruit when used raw. Drink water of fresh coconut, and the milk made from the fruit which it is a powerful antibacterial.

I am a very good friend of cocunut because I make many meals with the milk. I use the milk to cook meats, beans and to prepare desserts. Today I prepared this dry coconut with sugar which I preserve to use as topping in many of my dishes such as icecreams, yogurt prepations, and I use it for making cookies.

Ingredients:

• 2 fresh coconuts
• 1 cup of brown sugar
• 1 cup of white sugar
• cinammon
• 2 tablespoon of honey

Preparation:

• the first thing to do is to break the coconuts and discard the hard shells
• wash and cut in small pieces and grate using a manual grater
• place the gated cocnut in a pan
• add the sugar, honey and the cinammon
• start cooking it moving all the time
• you cook it until the coconut has absorved all the sugar
• don't add water

• Once the topping is ready fill the sterilized jars where you are going to keep it